Back in 1999, I was living in Vegas and working a second job at GAP. The best thing about that job was meeting so many cool people. One of those cool people was Shawna. She and I soon discovered we had similar tastes in music, and it wasn't rare for one of us to introduce a new artist to the other. One of the people to whom Shawna introduced me was Beth Orton.
Beth played SLC last night. I saw some friends at the venue, and we tossed back a beer and totally missed the opening act. Beth came out kinda late, but she put on a great show.
Beth started out singing for the Chemical Brothers, which explains why her first three albums had a lot of electronica infused within. Plus, she released a spectacular album of remixes. Her newest album, however, is much more organic.
The show had a very intimate and even romantic feel to it. You can tell Beth is at home in smaller venues, and she has no problem interacting with the crowd.
Her set was divided into three parts. The first was she and her band playing mostly songs from the new album. Then the band left, and it was just Beth and her guitar. For the third part, the band came back and they played some favourites like "Tangent," "Stars All Seem To Weep," and "Anywhere."
I'm glad I finally got to see her live after appreciating her records for the past seven years. I could tell everyone else there felt the same way.
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